Thief III FM: Special Vintage Sept. 27/05

potterr on 30/9/2005 at 20:51

most likely the user.ini file has not been updated. have a look in the zip and see if you have a user_patch.ini file in there. Also look in your thief 3 install folder and check to see if there is one there also.

Kin on 30/9/2005 at 20:54

I am almost sure i have done everything told but still does not work.

I got TMAIN.EXE (downloaded from potterr's site) in the right place
I also tried the ini file patch
and still i got the crash

marycwmbach on 30/9/2005 at 20:58

Has anyone managed to get [SPOILER]the loot that is above the waterwheel.
I keep falling in the water.[/SPOILER]

As reloading from a save takes much longer than T2 I've given up trying to get it. :confused:

potterr on 30/9/2005 at 20:59

Kin, thats ok, the cause is most likely the user.ini file. If it is not set correctly when loading a mission T3 would not have set enough memory aside for all the vertex's in game. This then causes the crashes, however too much memory set aside could lead to crashes also...or drastic slowness.
make sure you have the right special vintage version (open the zip and make sure there is a user_patch.ini file in there).

marycwmbach, [SPOILER]try a crate, also just walk off the pipe rather than jump (haven't tried this myself but been told it works)[/SPOILER]

Kin on 30/9/2005 at 21:11

Yes there is a file in the zip "user_patch.ini"

I tried to put it in TDS directory but still got a crash
Should i replace the old ini file?

Here is the file after the crash

[PCVertexPools]
;added an extra 0 to the end of the default.ini pool size
StaticShadowVertexPool=15728640

marycwmbach on 30/9/2005 at 21:16

Thanks potterr I'll try that.

Hello KIn, How are you? Once you get your user ini file sorted, as potterr says, hopefully you'll be back taffing as only you know how. :D

Kin on 30/9/2005 at 21:19

Hi mary, it has been some time since i last visit the ttlg, been a little busy :(
I missed some things about Gloader so forgive me if i make dump questions.
Hope i fix this ini file and get back to taffin :cheeky:

potterr on 30/9/2005 at 21:27

Kin, was that the contents of you user_patch.ini file or you user.ini file? if it was the user_patch.ini file what I would suggest doing to try with first off is to edit it slighty to be like this:

Code:

[PCVertexPools]
DynamicVertexPool=6291456
StaticVertexPool=5242880
StaticShadowVertexPool=3145728

NOTE this is only temporary so next time you install another FM this will change.
Once this has been updated in the one in your install path, try re-launching it via the PLAY button on GL.
GL will then take the content of that user_patch.ini file and update your user.ini file with the information from the user_patch.ini. This should be enough to play the FM correctly.

Kin on 30/9/2005 at 21:27

I also noted a file named "user" with this content

[BlockLoading]
LoadFromResourceBlockFiles=True
[Source Control]
UseSourceSafe=0
[Engine.Engine]
UpdateGameSys=0

I dont remember if it was there before :confused:

potterr on 30/9/2005 at 21:29

Kin, it was there before, but after clicking PLAY in GL it should have been updated with what was in the user_patch.ini file. See my post above for a test fix.